16 Facts About Clyde Bruckman

Clyde Adolf Bruckman was an American writer and director of comedy films during the late silent era as well as the early sound era of cinema.

Hollywood chronicler Kenneth Anger considers Bruckman to have been one of the key figures in the history of American screen comedy.

Clyde Adolf Bruckman was born on June 30,1894, in San Bernardino, California.

Clyde Bruckman began writing for the sports pages of the San Bernardino Sun in the spring of 1912.

Clyde Bruckman later worked for the Los Angeles Examiner and the Saturday Evening Post.

Clyde Bruckman first worked in film in 1919, writing intertitles for Universal Pictures.

From 1935 forward, Clyde Bruckman would be limited to writing scripts.

Clyde Bruckman continued to write new material for The Three Stooges and other comics, but as time went by, he resorted to borrowing gags from Lloyd's and Keaton's silent films.

Incidentally, Clyde Bruckman was not majorly involved with Movie Crazy beyond a director credit and a few scenes, as Lloyd had to step in to direct the film due to the former's alcoholism while Clyde Bruckman was not involved in any capacity with The Freshman.

One example of Clyde Bruckman's constant recycling is a routine involving the comedian thinking he is boxed-in while trying to leave a parallel parking space.

Clyde Bruckman was hired by Universal Pictures to write comedy scenes for the studio's "B" musical features.

Clyde Bruckman continued recycling gags but on a larger scale, now lifting entire sequences from older films.

Clyde Bruckman inserted the tuxedo routine into Universal's "B" musical-comedy feature Her Lucky Night.

Clyde Bruckman was fired, and never worked on a feature film again.

Clyde Bruckman died after complications from emergency surgery on October 8,1931.

Clyde Bruckman was married to his second wife, Gladys, from March 1932 until his death.